American Greetings' Mother's Day quilt 'stitches' over 2,000 patches, and growing fast
'A Patchwork of Love' creates a new way to thank mom this Mother's Day

CLEVELAND, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- AmericanGreetings.com has always known the importance of making mom feel special on Mother's Day. This year they announced "A Patchwork of Love", a unique, new and free way to pay tribute to mothers and other amazing women this Mother's Day.

Although the quilt was launched only a week ago, already thousands of people have posted patches, growing at a rate of hundreds of new patches a day. Here are some fun facts about the popular quilt:

• If each patch was a standard six inch square, "The Patchwork of Love" would extend across three football fields.
• The quilt has honored mothers from all 50 states, with California having the most patches and Texas coming in a close second.
• The quilt has gone international with patches from England, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Spain, India, China, South Africa, Singapore and many other countries.
• The average patch has two posts, but many have up to five and six posts.

By posting a patch to the online quilt, which can be found at http://www.americangreetings.com, people can reach out to the special women that they love -- moms, wives, aunts, stepmoms, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, best friends, mentors -- honoring them for Mother's Day. The innovative appearance and interactive nature of the quilt is the first of its kind, offering a memorable place where these women can be collectively recognized.

Visitors can use the fun and unique artwork provided by AmericanGreetings.com, combined with their own photos and words, to personalize patches with wallpaper, pictures, and music. You can share patches, ask friends and family members to add to a patch, search for people, scroll through the patches and print them out. A single patch can have many people contribute sentiments to it, creating an ever-growing tribute to the mom in your life.

"Here at AmericanGreetings.com, we tried to come up with a new way to pay tribute to the millions of mothers across this country and around the world, and we are delighted that 'A Patchwork of Love' has touched so many women," said Sally Babcock, senior vice president, AG Interactive. "We are thrilled with the success of the quilt and it's great to see it grow in such large numbers every day."

AmericanGreetings.com has over three million unique visitors per month, and the American Greetings network of greeting card websites reaches over 14 million unique visitors monthly, with more than 2.2 million paying members.